Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson suggested yesterday that talks with Prime Minister Perry Christie have been fruitless and the umbrella union is again preparing for "mass industrial action".
"We are finalizing our steps for solidarity, and we will take a stand," Ferguson said.
"We have not finalized all of the international procedures that we have to embark on, but certain steps have been taken to ensure that all of the requirements for us to have this united solidarity is in progress.
"We have received feedback from our affiliates, the Bahamian public and some non-governmental organizations.
"The workers have recommended us to engage a position in their interest, and we are prepared to do that."
Ferguson said the proposed action could be advanced within weeks and will take place throughout the nation.
He said the TUC's affiliates and their members have been put on notice.
In May, the TUC put thousands of workers across the country on notice as the umbrella union geared up for industrial action.
Ferguson said at the time the union planned to "level the playing field" in order to bring "respect and sanity in the workplace".
He said the Department of Labour had been "reduced to a toothless poodle", which lacked relevance and effectiveness.
Other issues were related to conciliation hearings,the effectiveness of the Industrial Tribal and the government settling the industrial agreements of several unions.
In a last effort to resolve the union's concerns, Ferguson met with Prime Minister Perry Christie that month.
However, he said yesterday that "nothing came out of those meetings", and he believes the union has exhausted every avenue.
According to Ferguson, the prime minister created a committee, including himself, Bishop Neil Ellis, senior pastor at Mount Tabor Church and Senior Policy Advisor Sir Baltron Bethel to address the TUC's concerns.
"Nothing has happened with respect to any of those matters," he told The Nassau Guardian.
"The purpose of those meetings was to try and find a way to resolve these matters without having to take industrial action.
"But we are back to where we were when we got started."
Ferguson also expressed concern about some of his members, whose employment statuses have been changed from permanent to independent to being on-call workers.
He accused the government of short-changing these workers on sick pay, vacation and holiday benefits and pension.

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